And my favourite helicopter is...

[Floppy Link]

...500E, Like a great woman...

No room in the back?


p.s. EC135

[seawings]

"Huey"

UH-1 A and B models...chipped paint and dirty green, pocked with bullet holes, and wrapped in duct tape (the old green kind)...around blades, window corners (to stop water leaks) and over broken instrument holes. Young and "bullet proof" we pulled the guts out of the engines and transmissions, never really understanding or worried about limits. In spite of this these venerable old aircraft (well they weren't then) hauled us out each day and brought us home a night. The ones shot out from under me let me survive the crash and fly another day. What a wonderful helicopter. Thank you Bell Helicopter.

[vortexadminman]

The mighty Lynx mk 7..........tons of power well in Europe anyway......... but when she bites she really fecking bites. When its all working well (not often I admit) she is the beast with two backs.

[before landing check list]

Good post Seawings. I 1st flew them in flight school (82-25) then in Korea. Quite a bit in Central America (H's, N's, 212 and 205) It will always be a wonderful classic.

[mcgoo]

Airwolf!!!

[Revolutionary]

I'm with helonorth. Haven't flown the 407 for a few years now but still get butterflies when I see one.

[Tango and Cash]

Airwolf or its modern brother the 430, at least in the aesthetics department.

[EN48]

Helicopters I have flown: B407

Helicopters I havent flown: S76

[HVHmt]

212/s92

The 12 because it is a real fly by your pants aircraft, while the 92 is a fantastic platform with the latest innovations, gotta love the intigrated avionics.

[Brian Abraham]

Number one H-34 Lovely sound (big radial), sweet flying (typical Sikorsky), bit slow (build the hours), and you could look a jumbo pilot in the eye (well nearly)

Number two S-76 Terrible sound (whining turbines), sweet flying (typical Sikorsky), quick (not good for hour building but one out of three aint bad)

Seems to be a common thread here, Sikorsky (I'm not sucking Nick, honest)

[before landing check list]

The B206, SK61, MI24 and the H1H of course

[collectivesoul!!]

favorite chopper!!

I for one like this thread there are no negatives,which is a nice change from the norm on this site.I also think pilots want to know what other pilots favourite machines are,it certainly cant do any harm!! GO THE GAZELLE!!

[Evil Twin]

Oh my god 407 I'm sorry I've just c.......

[Blackhawk9]

S-70 Blackhawk, loved it from when I put the first one together in Oz on 88, and now the S-92 great machine but not quite with the S-70.

[manitoubrian]

R22

I'm going to say the R22

I know, i know... but.. Without it I don't think I would have a PPL(H) now.

It's the only heli I've flown...

I do dream of a 407 when the 6 numbers pop up

[Seymour Belvoir]

Davy07

Yep, Does it show?

SB

[Mattyf]

Oh Dear, what a question ...... Dauphin ..... Huey ........errm, are we allowed to have two favourites..?

[leemind]

H500D or E

H500 everytime, just for the power agility and no wishy washy hydraulics (a la 206)

Oh and now with the demise of BHH, anyone know where I can SFH one or at least get revalidated in the SE of England??

[Bootneck]

For sound the Siuox or Bell 47. Listen to a Lycoming 6 Cylinder and remember that twist grip throttle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRsTvxzIZ0M

For pure flying pleasure (prior to stab being fitted), power, and manoeuvrability it has to be the gazelle.

[Brilliant Stuff]

R22, AW109, B430 and EC135 for now.